Re: horizontal control

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Thanks for the help on the stem lengths.  Still not getting any joy with the 
measure widths.  I suspect that something else is conflicting and will have to 
investigate further.

Thanks again!

-David

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Morley" <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden
Cc: "Lillypond Users Mailing List" <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 9:46:03 PM
Subject: Re: horizontal control

2015-01-21 17:54 GMT+01:00 address@hidden <address@hidden>:
> I want to compress a specific measure horizontally.  It contains a full 
> measure rest and nothing else.  I have tried various searches but have not 
> found how to do this.  Can someone point me to the place in the docs where 
> this is explained?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David



You could try:

\version "2.18.2"

\score {
  \relative c' {
      \repeat unfold 8 c'8
      \newSpacingSection
        \override Score.SpacingSpanner #'base-shortest-duration =
        #(ly:make-moment 1 2)
      R1
      \newSpacingSection
      \repeat unfold 8 c'8
  }
  \layout { ragged-right = ##f }
}

Cheers,
  Harm